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Synonyms for necropolis

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Noun

1. Cemetery — A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city

cemetery, graveyard, burial ground, memorial park US, church-yard, burying ground dated, necropole rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

Related words

Other spellings
nekropolis

Forms

Plural
necropolises → cemeteries, graveyards, church-yards, necropoles…

Example sentences

  • cemetery I try to avoid walking by the cemetery after dark.
  • graveyard Sami didn't even know that that graveyard existed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
necropolisrising
cemeteryrising
graveyardrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
cemetery4
9 letters
graveyard2, necropole

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cemetery4 = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français
nécropole
Italiano
necropoli
Español
necrópolis